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But still, when the others vacillated, Ozil disappeared. His first season in England saw him playing 43 games, with seven goals and 14 assists and his second only 31 games with five goals and eight assists. Not a real revolution for his price tag.

And his record in big games is meaningful. In his first two seasons at Arsenal he has made 12 appearances in the Champions League, where he scored just once and gave three assists.

Ozil has failed to justify his transfer fee

In the Premier League he has only two assists in his first eight clashes against a top-four team.

In the summer of 2013, Wenger unsuccessfully tried to sign Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and this led to a chase for a big name on deadline day, which meant a huge inflation on players’ price tags.

However, Ozil’s complete lack of industry, combined with the indolence showed in more than one occasion, gives a poor reputation to a player that could stand out.

But in football there is no room for what a player might give to his team, what he does is the only thing that really counts.

And what the Arsenal legend Thierry Henry told Sky Sports about the German after a disappointing game against Chelsea in April 2015 does not need any comment: “At one point, I do think, and I do believe, the players have to step up and stand their game up.”

Does the goal against Manchester United give any hope? Difficult to say, it is hard to believe in a player who has not been value for money so far.

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